The American Heart Association issued new heart health guidelines this week, including recommendations on lifestyle, obesity and when to use cholesterol-lowering statin medications. However, a Wisconsin doctor who helped craft these guidelines said some of the key messages have been lost in the media coverage.

Much of the press stories about the new guidelines has focused on the use of statins, suggesting that the guidelines would lead to a massive increase in the prescription of the cholesterol-lowering drugs.

Dr. Patrick McBride, a University of Wisconsin professor of medicine, said that these stories doesn't tell all the information. He said there would be more aggressive use...

The nation’s leading heart health organizations released new guidelines yesterday that would change the way doctors assess and treat cardiovascular risk. A doctor who helped develop the guideline talks about why they're needed, and how statins are involved.

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